Fin

0 statements across 0 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 25, 2016 by Sam Lessin · said 85 times in 16 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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May 25, 2016 bullish
Opinion
Lessin: Amazon Echo is the best glimpse of the tech future
“It's the future. I mean, it's a total taste of the future. I cannot tell you how excited I am about Echo. I have five in my house, literally. I've built applications for it myself. Finn has an incredible integration with it. It isn't there yet, but it's the be…”
Sam Lessin May 25, 2016 ▶ 21:52 20VC: Sam Lessin on Why Bots Will Change Business & The Internet Has Mostly Failed
May 25, 2016
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Lessin: Fin charges users directly because human-augmented AI is costly
“Our business model for Fin is extremely simple, which is we charge people for it. And, you know, we charge people for it both because of the service we offer is expensive to run. It's, I mean, AAI is not an inexpensive thing to do well because it's not just bi…”
Sam Lessin May 25, 2016 ▶ 12:03 20VC: Sam Lessin on Why Bots Will Change Business & The Internet Has Mostly Failed
Nov 15, 2023 positive
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Traynor: Intercom's AI agent Fin resolves over 50% of support tickets
“And we see staggering results for Fin. Some people are getting, like, very, very high percentage of total support volume resolved With satisfaction, like above 50% of times, right?”
Des Traynor Nov 15, 2023 ▶ 16:27 Des Traynor: How to Survive and Thrive in a World of OpenAI | E1082 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 11, 2024 neutral
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McCabe: Intercom froze support hiring after adopting Fin AI agent
“At Intercom, for example, we've been using our, this AI agent fin for nearly two years, and we've not let anyone go, but we've stopped growing the size of our support team.”
Eoghan McCabe Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 12:55 Eoghan McCabe, CEO @Intercom: Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control | E1213 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 25, 2025 positive
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Deeter: Bessemer portfolio company hit 90% automated support with higher NPS via Fin
“I was at one of our portfolio company board meetings the other day, and they mentioned that they had switched from, you know, human-based interventions to the FIN product from Intercom, And they showed the stats of deflections went up, I forget to, you know, 9…”
Byron Deeter Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 14:08 BVP Partner, Byron Deeter: The Future of Venture - Why Chanel vs Walmart is BS · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 16, 2026 bullish
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Rajaram: Intercom's Fin and Podium reached $100M+ ARR from AI products
“Fin great example podium, another great example, both of them with the new products have gone to a hundred plus million in a couple of years.”
Gokul Rajaram Mar 16, 2026 ▶ 29:41 Gokul Rajaram: How to Analyse for Durability and Defensibility in a World of AI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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